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shoomlah · 6 months

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Friday was my last day at Valve.

Leaving a job full of people and projects you love is always hard, but I have a pretty good reason for it this time around:

Next Monday is my first day at Cyan.

Feels appropriate to announce this on Riven's anniversary, the game that is entirely to blame for who I am as a concept artist and Art Director. WHO WOULD I EVEN BE if I hadn't had my 11yo mind blown by the little wahrk gallows counting toy in the Rivenese schoolhouse??? It's a mystery.

I can’t talk about what's on the horizon just yet—short of helping to get Riven out the door—but I’m thrilled to finally be a part of this studio, officially, after thirty years of wistful pining. If my ancient Riven fanart is anything to go by, it's been a long time comin.'😎

#cyan #myst #riven #valve #from one iconic 90's game studio to another #I have a type #I'm sure a lot of you follow me on here for my fandom stuff #(and probably a fair number of you don't even know what I do professionally)#but suffice to say this is a BIG OL' DREAM COME TRUE for baby Claire (and adult Claire)

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mysterious-mr-crow · 11 months

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some more bby nico doodles

#cerberus is way too small lol #I'm pretending he can change his size shh #(the hell hounds are based off my own dog bc he's the only type of dog I can draw from memory 💀)#nico di angelo #cerberus #pjo #riordanverse #myst mr crow

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scaralvr · 2 years

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hear me out on this scaramouche x reader series idea that's been rotting my mind for months now but i only have to thank the rhythm game bandori/bang dream and colourful stage for this😭😭

ok so drummer!reader, right? drummer!reader who's a part of a small band they've formed with their childhood friends* yun jin, ayaka, hu tao and yoimiya.

*basically leo/need from colourful stage in a nutshell

drummer!reader who gets blisters from practicing 24/7 and eventually has to go to the nurse's office because of it. y/n enthusiast!scaramouche who also happens to be in the nurse's office after getting himself in a rough fight with heizou, the enemy he created after saying apple juice is better than orange juice when they were kids. (which i agree on, not to be based or whatever but moving on.)

y/n enthusiast!scaramouche who can barely contain his inner fanboy as drummer!reader casually sits next to him. i mean, who wouldn't panic upon seeing your favourite current five-year battle of the bands champion due to their drumming carrying their unit? he would choose you over any other member anytime.

despite being your biggest devotee, he has to admit that he knows nothing about them. he hasn't approached them not once through all of the years he first found out about them, so drummer!reader doesn't know he even exists or breathes the same air as them.

but in reality, drummer!reader probably has a bigger infatuation for scaramouche than he does them.

basically, 'the two stupid idiots are in love but won't come to terms with it' trope <3 IN CONCLUSION SHOULD I WRITE IT.

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hnk-art · 10 months

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Nodens is @ad-viennequepourra character. Please check their Artfight // tumblr

Drawn for Artfight 2023

#artfight 2023 #team vampire #artfight #af 2023 #if you think I have a type for characters I draw no I don't #I wanted to make something cool for the recipient of this one because they made my 1st attack of 2023 and it was Myst my beloved furball #with its beloved carrot #and it sparks joy #art #I stopped trying to make sense with backgrounds & lightings because I want to have fun #and Artfight is motivatiaonal enough try doing things I never draw. Hi backgrounds.#artist on tumblr #digital art #my art #not my character

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eorzeanpages · 10 months

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Hi this was my first video game crush

Sirrus

From Myst IV: Revelation

And yes, it was live acted with a green screen and yes it made me cry and yes I have spoken with the actor and he's very nice

#myst #sirrus #i have a type ok

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mydreamscape-library · 2 years

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sakusa kiyoomi as brahms heelshire ….STAY WITH ME-

#myst speaks #honestly idk what this means but I hope someone sees the vision MDNDNDM #brahms #sakusa kiyoomi #haikyuu #the boy #crossover #kinktober #personality wise they’re pretty different but both got their own perfectionist type qualities #but physically I can see omi as brahms so clearly likeeee😭#reader #omi omi #didn’t care for “the boy when I first saw it but brahms is kinda camp #brahms heelshire #also the thought of hairy omi makes me feel woozy 😵‍💫#very sexc

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astrxealis · 2 years

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doing the 65 drk job quest and. HOLY fucking fuck

#⋯ ꒰ა starry thoughts ໒꒱ *·˚#⋯ ꒰ა ffxiv ໒꒱ *·˚#i literally just. started the quest. sid i love you LMFAO BUT HOLY SHIT #this guy's lines. myste. i don't fully get it Yet but ik what they're kind of connected to a bit ... ?? anyways #god. drk quests are so good. What. The. Fuck.#this guy speaks poetically all the time istg ishikawa is so good bcs. this is really my type of thing ghbsjdbghjfhgjb .......#myste :( buddy. are you okay.#also hi i'm finally leveling tanks more! <3 did leveling roul as gld and god it went well thankfully! almost lvl 30 LMAO <//3 #drk is one i'm trying to level asap bcs god i really. really. just want to see more of the story. it's so good #gnb max uhhhuhuh war is just kinda There. i shld get it to lvl 50 soon

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moriparty413 · 4 months

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90s adventure game cgi my beloved

#yknow what i mean. myst. garage bad dream adventure. lsd dream emulator. those types of games #i'm also fond of how the crunchy fmv games of that era looked but this post isnt about that

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spacebarbarianweird · 6 months

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How about a fic of Astarion not liking his bite mark touched but then Tav does it. 💕

Here we go! Hope you will enjoy it!

The Marks on Our Skin

The bite mark is the only place on Astarion's body Tav doesn't touch. Until now.

Tags: fluff, comfort, f!Tav, established relationship, post-game

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Astarion finds solace in the late evening hours when the sky still holds a warm glow, but the sun is almost gone down. It's neither day nor night, a perfect in-between that he eagerly anticipates.

Emerging from his tent, he sprawls out on the grass with a book in hand, watching as the sky slowly darkens, revealing the sparkling tapestry of stars above.

Astarion props a bag beneath his head, and the fingers trace the cover of the book, its surface still bearing the faint marks of dried blood. A soft smile tugs at his lips as he recognizes Tav's scent.

Astarion opens the book and makes a mental note to convince Tav to learn how to read. He sets the book aside and chooses another, its pages also marred by blood, though not Tav's this time. The text is written in the archaic elven dialect, a challenging puzzle that demands his full concentration. Yet, as he delves into the words, the text starts sounding familiar. As if he already read it, many years ago, when his eyes weren't red and sun didn't burn.

Unwanted memories and thoughts creep into his mind, stubborn as vermin, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't divert his focus.

"How's my favorite man doing?" a loud voice yanks him away from the abyss he had started to slip into.

Tav.

She walks unsteadily, like someone who's had enough to drink, not to think clearly but can still stand on two feet.

"I thought you went to search for quests, not for a drink," he says without any hint of accusation. Tav collapses beside him, and he catches a whiff of ale.

"Are you drunk?"

"No. Well, maybe a little." She giggles and nuzzles into his collarbone. "What's four mugs of ale for a warrior like me?"

He chuckles. "Considering your body type, it's quite a lot."

Tav focuses, attempting to devise something clever to say, but gives up. She presses her body closer to him, and Astarion can feel her heart beating.

"It's very inconsiderate of you to get drunk without me," he teases, studying her face. A soft smile graces his lips as he cannot tear his gaze away from her.

"You can drink my blood, and then we can get drunk together," she playfully suggests.

"I'm not going to feed on you until you get sober," he plants as tender kiss on her forehead.

"Alright, alright, next time, I won't go alone," she concedes. "What if someone wants to harm me or hit on me? You'll need to show them to who I belong to."

He chuckles, reminiscing about the first few months of their journey when he cringed at her casual remarks about belonging to him.

"No, you're not mine," he would protest. "You're not my possession, not my spawn, not my … anything. You're an independent person. Please don't say things like that."

Over time, he understood that Tav's words aren't meant to diminish her self-worth. It is simply an innocent joke between two genuinely free individuals in love. It is her way of reassuring him that she isn't going anywhere, even when Astarion questions his own value in her eyes.

As Tav tilts her chin upward, a subtle flinch passes through him, a reminder of the bite mark they have agreed not to touch.

"I like your bite mark," she drunkenly admits.

He pulls away, and her head falls onto the grass. "Tav, what in the sweet hells are you talking about?"

"I love your bite mark," she repeats. "It proves how strong you are. Did you notice it's not just fangs? It's also incisors. The bastard was so hungry and desperate for prey that he almost gnawed a part of your neck. It shows how strong you are that despite all the horrors and pain, you never gave up."

Tav yawns, her eyes half-closed. Astarion is sure it wasn't just four mugs of ale. She probably remembers drinking only four. The rest is the mystery.

His fingers tenderly brush against her cheek as he asks, "Do you truly mean all that?"

Tav's eyes meet his, her response unwavering. "I do."

He rises to his feet, carefully lifting Tav into his arms, and carries her into the tent. He lays her gently on the bedroll. It seems like they aren't going anywhere this night. Anyway, he has some books to finish reading,

Astarion lovingly tucks Tav beneath her blanket, ensuring she is shielded from the chill of the night.

"Little Star"

"Hm?"

"Can I touch your bite mark?"

He hesitates. It is the only part of his body Tav hasn't touched yet.

"Yes."

He doesn't understand why he agrees. But it's already too late to take away the permit.

Sitting up, a silly smile plays on her lips as she wraps her hands around his neck. With an unexpected boldness, she presses her lips against the scar on his neck. He can feel the touch of her tongue, the graze of her own incisors against his skin, almost as if she is trying to drink his blood.

As Tav releases him, she nestles on her bedroll and dozes off peacefully.

Astarion remains in the tent, keeping a watchful eye over Tav. When hunger gets too strong to bear, he ventures into the woods to hunt.

When he returns before the sun rise, his hunger satiated, and his strength renewen, Tav is still asleep.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Tav exclaims when she realizes it is already afternoon. "Now we'll have to wait the whole day before hitting the road again."

"That's alright, darling. I hope you had fun yesterday. I don't remember ever seeing you so wasted."

"I remember fighting someone who said she'd kill every vampire she came across."

"Did you win?"

"I'm sorry! I should be offended by the mere suggestion that I could lose in a tavern brawl!" She crawls closer to him, resting her head on his shoulder, her tone turning more serious. "Did I hurt you yesterday?"

"No," he assures.

"Really? I mean, do you say it because you mean it, not just to spare my feelings? It would make me sick if I crossed your boundaries and made you feel… bad."

"Everything is alright. I mean it."

"Can I do this again?"

He nods. Tav kisses his bite mark. Again and again, and he completely melts in her hands.

Astarion marvels at the simple ministration and how it brings him such bliss. He has little faith in gods or divine rewards, knowing nothing could compensate for what happened to him. And yet…

There is Tav. Tav, for whom he wants to be a better version of himself. Tav who caresses his scars and makes the pain fade. Tav, whose blood is, in a way, divine.

Tav eventually pulls away and invites him to lay his head on her lap. "Will you read to me?" she asks.

"The book with bloody fingertips?" he inquires.

"Yep. What's this book about?"

"It's a collection of fairytales for elven children."

Tav's eyes glisten. "Exactly what I need with my hangover."

Astarion opens the book and begins reading. Tav starts massaging his scalp and occasionally lightly touches the bite mark. Sometimes, when he pauses and looks up, he finds Tav's eyes focused on his face.

Those are simple stories. About heroes, magic, dragons, monsters. Naïve. Stupid. Childish. But Tav likes them. In the same way, she likes a good fight, ale, and nights of passion.

Moreover, he can't help but think Tav is similar to these fairytale heroes. She is the hero who protects him, who makes him better. Who gives him all the hope he needs to survive the day.

And he will do anything to make her happy and safe.

"Tav," he whispers.

"Yes, my heart?" she replies.

"I love you."

Tav kisses his forehead "Well, I will never grow tired of hearing that from you."

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#astarion #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 astarion #astarion bg3 #bg3 #astarion romance #baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 astarion #tav x astarion #astarion x f!tav #astarion x tav #astarion fics #astarion comfort #astarion ancunin #astarion fanfiction #astarion fic #spacebarbarian fics

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vivmaek · 1 year

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VENUS IN THE 2nd HOUSE; Observations

People with this placement are blessed with self-esteem! Even during those moments in which they feel like they are at their worst, deep down inside they know that they deserve the best. They are well aware of their own talents and capabilities and tend to execute their goals without much effort. Those with this placement go on to live a comfortable life full of luxuries. All of this will be achieved on their own, they don’t need to rely on other people for financial needs. Money streams in without much effort unless Venus is afflicted in some way. They have extremely strong values. People with this placement are quite dignified and they care about everything. Seriously, you could find them attaching some sort of meaning to a blank wall, they’re ridiculously sentimental. They put a lot of thought into the way in which they treat people and objects. Venus second housers hold a true love for the arts and aesthetics. Their taste in fashion is immaculate and it is likely that they have a rather large jewelry collection. They pick the best items off a menu, and always know where to find the best snacks. If you need help picking out decor for the house, go ask someone with this placement for their opinion. These individuals live life through a lens of sensuality and pleasure comes easy to them because they know where to find it. There is a tendency of being overly indulgent. Natives with this placement love a good shopping spree, but they need to practice self control in making sure this doesn’t occur too often. However, don’t think they don’t move through life lacking appreciation. In fact, they’re drowning in it. These types are grateful for all that has been given to them and they don’t take any of it for granted. But because of this, it's easy to create guilty feelings within them. Their overly generous nature is also easily taken advantage of. Those with this placement tend to draw in people who are co-dependant upon them. They make for great caregivers and are healers. Placing boundaries is a skillset they myst work on. The charming appeal that comes with Venus being in the second house brings with it many admirers. Being incredibly lovable is the nature of this placement! They are so cute and genuine, people can’t help but love them. They have many gifts to offer, including themselves.

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dramatea88 · 26 days

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One thing I love about this show is how confident and forward the women are. They are not the typical, shy wilting flower types who are reluctant to express their desire for their men. I love the Uno reverse card they did in this scene, where Pan Yue is trying to be the smooth and seductive Cassanova, only to have Caiwei turn the tables on him, pin him to the shelves and and declaring what she thinks about his physical attributes instead 🤭

Currently live blogging the drama here 👇

#pan yue #liu xueyi #cdrama #chinese drama #cdrama: in blossom #in blossom

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kinsey3furry300 · 1 year

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My (very late) take on Ricky “Jupe” Park from Nope.

So, when I was a small child, my sister and I were taken to a local museum by my father and it was a wholesome and fun day out for all the family EXEPT FOR THE BADLY TAXIDERMIED WHALE SHARK HANGING FROM THE CEALLING MY GOD WHAT WAS THAT THING?! It was huge, it looked and smelt terrible, the room was poorly lit and crowded and decorated to look like the bottom of the sea and you had this thing with it’s huge open maw hanging right over you all the time. I distinctly remember that I couldn’t look. I could not look. Between the, the ocean episode of walking with dinosaurs, the underwater segment of myst, and fucking books like this that were everywhere in the 90’s!

Fuck you Nigel Marven and Jasper James, Fuck you.

…both me and my sister developed a lifelong fear of being eaten alive by giant, aquatic-type monsters. And because it was advertised and a film about a brother and sister fighting off little green men, and not advertised as a film where 40 people get fucking vored by a flying Portuguese man of war, me and my sister saw Nope together in the cinema and ohhh boy 1, did I catch shit from her about it, to this day, and 2, while I love that film, it scared the shit out of me. It scared me so badly I tried not to think about it until I plucked up the courage to re-watch it this weekend. So I’m a little late to the party, but speaking on behalf of people terrified of being gobbled up by ever-present sky-sharks (you know they’re there prove me wrong!), I’d like to talk about Jupe.

How was this not a best Supporting Actor win? Give him all the awards!

I’ve seen a surprising amount of commentary say that he’s an idiot for endangering and getting all those people killed, and that he deserves his fate, and while there is a little element of truth to the first part, I can’t fathom the second. One, no, no one deserves that and two… Do, do you guys know how story strucure works? Jupe is a foil for OJ. His life and arc mirrors OJ to a surprising degree: they’re both people of colour working in a white-dominated Hollywood system who have been held back by, or are stereotyped because of, their race. They both witness “a bad Miracle” that’s starts with a strange popping/crunching noise (the balloon for Jupe, Jean Jacket regurgitating indigestible items above them for OJ), that results in death, where a seemingly imposable thing happens (a coin falls from an empty sky, a shoe balances perfectly on one end) and where they are spared death because they don’t look the danger in the eye (Jupe has the table cloth between him and the chimp, OJ looks around whereas Ottis senior looks up and so is hit in his unprotected eye), and are traumatized. Both deal with the trauma badly, and surround themselves with constant reminders of it (Jupe’s Gordy shrine, OJ’s horses and ranch. I mean he keeps the fucking coin!). Both try to commodify and sell their trauma for fame and fortune (the paid tours of the Gordy shrine, getting that “Oprah shot”). Both also want to use Jean Jacket to reclaim the heritage that the film and TV industry has taken from them (OJ wants to save the ranch and memorialize his family’s role in the invention of film, Jupe wants to be remembered for the Starlight Lasso and not just as that Asian kid who survived a chimp attack, for taming the beast, not just surviving it). Both unwittingly train JJ to attack humans (Jupe by teaching it to associate people and music with food, OJ by putting it off horsemeat by feeding it a decoy). Both are a bit greedy, and kind of disrespectful to the dead, and nether Get Out (couldn’t resist sorry) when they should. Both put their family, friends and strangers in danger to get their payday, and both get at least one person killed doing it.

So why does the film kill Jupe and his family in such a hilariously awful way, but spare OJ and Em (and Angel: we love you Angel)? What’s Jupes fatal flaw, that greek tragic hubris that dooms him and that separates him from OJ? Why is he the one who gets vored by an angry stetson? Is it a eat the rich narrative? A critique of the idea of Asian Americans as the “Ideal minority?”. Is it killing off the comic relif, or just done for shock value? No, I don’t think Jordan Peele would be that heavy handed or un-imaginative. I think it’s something far more clever.

It’s this: from an early age, Jupe was trained to perform, whereas OJ was trained to handle performing horses. OJ thinks about how to safely provide the spectacle, whereas Jupe was trained to be the spectacle. OJ communicates with Angel in clicks and gestures without realising: OJ’s internalised how to talk to horses, how to use body-language. But Jupe...His plan, upon finding out that there’s a UAP flying around his home is to build and stage and make it into a rodeo attraction. That’s not a sane person’s reaction, that’s how Homer Simpson would try and Monetize first contact with alien life. That’s how Peter Griffin or BoJack Horseman would treat ET…. That how a 90’s sitcom character, who never got over that one role, would treat the situation.

Every time a name is mentioned in the chapter titles of Nope, the living being it refers to dies… except the title card “Lucky.” The horse (so long as the final shot is real and not Em hallucinating) lives. It (and OJ) makes it out. But then again….

Jupe probably thought of himself as Lucky, after the Gordy incident. He was probably told time and time again that he was Lucky, until he internalized it. He learnt the wrong lessons from the experience, he learnt that he not only needed to perform, but that he was special. “You’re’ chosen.” He learnt that he needed to perform, to be a spectacle, to survive a horrible industry that swallows people whole and chews them up and spits them out and occasionally has animal control shoot its stars dead if they go of script. He was conditioned, and trained, from an early age to treat everything that ever happened to him as part of a performance, until he can only talk about his own trauma in terms of how good the SNL take on it was.

And like every other trained living being taken from their natural habitat and forced out on stage as spectacle in this film, his training fails him at the worst possible time.

He’s “Lucky”, and he’s tragic, and he’s just another victim of spectacle, and that’s the scariest part of the film. ...Other than the FUCKING MURDER PANCAKE IN THE SKY OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?

#nope movie #nope jordan peele #jordan peele #jupe from nope #Ricky Jupe Park #Steven Yeun #Jupe is my woobie and i would fight god for him #but i'm not fighing Jean Jacket sorry bro nope nope nope fuck that #nope spoilers

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scaralvr · 2 years

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hc that scaramouche is so bad at sports like REALLY BAD.

#[ myst is typing. ]#no words just #sport stupid scara

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rachelkaser · 7 months

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Thoughts On . . . Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Remake

Frogwares’ remake of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is one of the most unsung game releases of 2023. So let’s take a quick look at the new features of the title and how they compare with the original.

If you’re unaware, Frogwares is a studio based in Ukraine, a country currently repelling a Russian invasion. The devs have repeatedly addressed their struggles and yet they launched it anyway. For that reason, I feel it would be inappropriate to score The Awakened. I make an effort in all my reviews to respect the developers who’ve put in the work to make the game I’m playing, even if I’m not a fan of the game itself. But making a game during an actual and presently-occurring war is another matter entirely.

That being said, I think The Awakened Remake merits examination, even if I don’t want to review it. If nothing else, the game is a fascinating glimpse into the evolving story of point-and-click adventure games and their place in the greater gaming landscape. It’s also instructive to compare the two different Holmeses, to see how the character changes with several years of pop culture reshaping.

Second Awakening

The Awakened Remake feels like the culmination of Frogwares’ attempts to evolve its signature adventure game series from a post-Syberia form to a post-Telltale form. In the Dark Ages (a.k.a. the early aughts), adventure games adhered almost religiously to the Grim Fandango style: Third-person clicking navigation with viewpoints fixed in what I call “security camera” position. The Awakened (the original, that is), began the transition away from that to first-person exploration -- the Myst style, if you will.

The series continued to experiment with different stories and gameplay types. It vacillated between first- and third-person, tested new detection mechanics, and even dipped into true crime with the audacious Jack the Ripper recreation. The series rebooted with The Devil’s Daughter (though it retained at least a few story details unique to the previous game series). I’m not sure whether Chapter One and The Awakened Remake are set in the same continuity, though the retention of the new voice cast would suggest so.

Now here we are in 2023, and what does a Sherlock Holmes adventure game look like? It’s a third-person exploration title with an over-the-shoulder camera and the environments are a series of contained maps. In other words, it looks like several of Telltale’s later titles, or Dontnod’s. That’s not a bad thing . . . it’s just an observation of how the medium has evolved and Frogwares’ Holmes along with it.

The Awakened remake is also a microcosm of Sherlock Holmes’ . . . let us say “changeable” position in pop culture. The Holmes of the original Awakened was more of a Jeremy Brett-style depiction, hewing close to the source material’s dry wit and intense focus. The Holmes of the remake, on the other hand is -- being blunt -- young, hot, and mentally unwell. It’s not really to my taste, I’m not gonna lie. It’s clear the impetus for this comes from BBC Sherlock, which I despise. But the remake Holmes has an earnest gumption I’ve never seen in the character before -- it’s a choice, and not one I dislike.

Lovecraft’s Walking Tour

One of the benefits of remaking Awakened is that Frogwares has a chance to elevate a game that, through a combination of underpowered graphics and muddy art design, never had a chance to serve Lovecraftian horror as it’s meant to be served. And for the most part, they did -- there’s a creeping sense of wrongness on the periphery of most scenes, at least when you play as Holmes, a feeling that something isn’t quite right.

That’s the essence of Lovecraftian horror, in my opinion, this sense that something’s wrong, but there’s no way for your tiny human brain to understand what. One of the reasons I enjoy both iterations of this game is because Sherlock Holmes is the type of person who would absolutely refuse to accept there’s something his brain can’t comprehend. That makes him uniquely vulnerable to being overwhelmed by that sensation. Watson’s POV is more grounded and reliable by comparison.

The locations are mostly similar to what they were in the original, though the asylum section is much shorter and cuts out a subplot foreshadowing the arrival of one Moriarty. New Orleans serves a nice slice of Southern Gothic horror to balance out the traditional European Gothic elsewhere in the game. It’s a bit of a shame that Frogware’s didn’t correct one particular oversight: For a game based on Lovecraft’s work, we never go to New England, Lovecraft Country itself.

As far as gameplay goes, I only have one major complaint: This game desperately needs an auto-run option. Or at the very least, the sprint button needs to be sticky -- meaning, you press it once and the characters run until you press it again. Having to hold down a button to get them to get a jog on feels archaic, especially since the environments are much bigger than in your average adventure game.

Our next case, Watson?

Point-and-click adventure games will never be to everyone’s taste, no matter how much a developer might wish to court a bigger audience. Aiming for the Walking Dead/Life is Strange is a wise choice of direction for the Frogwares’ series if it’s going to capture any mainstream appeal while retaining its identity. That is to say: This is a good remake and I like where Frogwares is going with its new series.

Assuming the new series will follow the old, we’re looking at a remake of Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin next. Sherlock Holmes, tormented lad that he is in the new series, definitely deserves a lighthearted chase with a gentleman thief, so I’m looking forward to what Frogwares does next. My best wishes to them!

#sherlock holmes the awakened #midweek madness #sherlock holmes #frogwares #frogwares sherlock #frogwares watson

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tvlandofficiall · 8 months

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so this got wildly out of hand.

seamqueen is pretty good actually (or, how i learned to stop worrying and multiship the cat) (or, the seam yuri at least one post has been asking for) (or, everything i touch turns to character study.)

for starters, we know that queen knew seam (and the rest of card kingdom) in the past. as pictured above, seam mentions that they’re surprised to see her “again” at the end of chapter 2, and jevil and spades king both talk about her with some level of familiarity.

i generally agree with the premise that her object form – the laptop – was being used in the abandoned classroom before it got abandoned. all of the used classrooms we see have computers of some kind in them.

on the “light world” level of reality, the lightners took her laptop and continued to use it in the librarby after abandoning the classroom. on the “dark world” level of reality, the lightners abandoned the card kingdom citizens and took queen to the cyber world, continuing to use her.

this is a huge part of queen’s characterization to me, as well. she is quite heavily used and prized by the lightners – a fancy laptop that can do it all. in queen’s mind, the lightners need her, and that means they’ll never leave her behind. it’s hardly a glimmer in her eye to think that she couldn’t make them happy forever – that they’d actually abandon her like they did the card kingdom citizens. being queen, she attributes this to being very, very powerful and having the lightners under her control instead. they need her to be happy, right? but we, the audience, know she doesn’t have the whole story. (and like spades before her, she acts under the will of a very powerful lightner in her supposed quest – the knight. that’s a part of how she and spades can oppose our heroes at all – though their fates as video game bosses in a broader, more meta sense still guarantee their losses.) she doesn’t know the true extent of her powerlessness like spamton and jevil do – and she doesn’t know that, like everyone else, there’ll be a day when she’s not useful anymore. being happy in her role isn’t really much of a choice when that role, in and of itself, isn’t something she can choose.

on seam’s end, they’ve grown tired of the whole thing. they know there’s nothing for them in the light or the dark – sure, a lightner could come patch them up, but they’d have no choice in the matter and they’d still fall out of use at the end besides. the cycle of violence (the carousel of violence, if you will) – the cycle of use and disuse, of being owned and abandoned, is something they’ve grown quite aware of and quite nihilistic about. they’ve reached the point where instead of being angry, like spades, or desperate, like spamton, they’re just totally like

they also seem to know at least a little about alternate save files, judging by their dialogue regarding the shadow crystals. but again, they’ve got a totally nihilistic attitude towards that, too. they’re pretty content to taunt the party about the end of the world and the horrific futility of their lives in it with a smile on their face.

there are hints towards just how far their precognition goes; they know things about how spamton found his crystal in the neo body, that it’s powered by mettaton’s Lightner Hope™, they know that the world will end (and it did, bye-bye fountain), they talk about the events of chapter 3 in usual cryptic fashion. queen, meanwhile, knows very little of the Big Truth of the world – she knows she’s Computer (darkner type) just like the cards are Cards (darkner type) but not Literally A Computer On A Higher Layer Of Reality, she has no inkling of the knight’s true motivations, she hasn’t thought too hard about just how powerless being a darkner really makes her. and she certainly doesn’t have precognitive abilities. i do think she knows a little about neo just because i like to think she and swatch are close, but the extent of it (and what swatchton were getting up to about it) is also a mystery to her. she’s got other stuff on her mind!

and so you get this really interesting set of characters that you could put together in a lot of interesting ways. the card kingdom was abandoned long before spades came into power (as the knight was responsible for putting him in such a position, not the act of abandonment itself, and i think there were tensions running high while all four kings were ruling,) so queen could’ve left as early as before anything had fallen apart at all (which is what i think happened, given). what was queen and seam’s old friendship like? were they close? how close? i love a good pair of old friends. you could establish them reconnecting after the events of chapter 2. in the snowgrave route, does queen look to them alongside swatch for comfort? only them? how does their nihilism come into play there? and what of the normal route?

i really like the idea that seam knows of snowgrave even in a normal route. the idea of their disaffectedness and their penchant for “games” contributing to a sort of cheerful numbness to the whole thing is really interesting. and with queen in the picture, they know all of these things will happen to her and her people – but they don’t see a point in telling, either. why would it matter? this’ll all end the same either way. the difference won’t matter for her. just don’t worry about it.

#ooc #seam #queen #seamqueen #deltarune #this also doubles as a queen analysis. YAY QUEEN

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About Me

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Alias(es): Myst, Maruu, Zara, Chasm, Fera, Heikha, Zamar, Mon, Cimii, Chay, Scry [Most Used Alias]

Like(s): Drawing, watching memes, games, daydreaming

Dislike(s):... My unluckiness, life

Nickname(s):.... Joey, Duckling, Tadpole, Screw(you'll know who gave me that nickname if you read the comment before), Zar

Gender/Pronouns: She/Her

Nationality: Indian

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Game(s) I play/like:

Sky: Children Of The Light

Postknight 2

Hollow Knight(when i have time)

Undertale(very rarely but yes)

Genshin Impact

Minecraft(occassionally)

Epic Mickey(binged the entire playthrough series for both EM and EM2 cuz i liked it that much)

Gacha Club(returned to it because of @rabberchimken)

Animal Restaurant

Honkai: Star Rail

RainWorld

Cuphead (-the dlc unfortunately)

Gacha Life 2

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Show(s) I watch(ed)/like(d):

Boboiboy(all seasons, hoping to binge again)

Boboiboy Galaxy(Gonna binge this too+the season 2 comic)

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (pending, hoping i get to watch after exams but i saw out of context videos and it looks fun)

Ejen Ali(I have yet to see season 3 so pls tag spoilers for that season and i also gotta binge it cuz I've forgotten some things),

Mechamato(only watched season 1)

Lego Monkie Kid(have watched out of context clips and I think i have enough time to start watching so)

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Type of Content I Post:

Gacha Club/Gacha Life 2

AU Content

OC content

Art(traditional, digital or animation)

Memes

Random shit(like things about me, my life, just something random)

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Q/A Links:

OC/Creator Questions(?)

What Color Am I? #1

What Colour Am I? #2

Outfit Meme Request #1

Outfit Meme Request #2

Yes pls :)

The Squad Meme Request

Why Do You Follow Me?

Color Wheel Challenge

Assumption Asks!

AvA Ask Game

Anonymous Assumption Game

✨ Cool ✨ Colour Ask Game

What's my Art Trademark?

Anonymous PDA Meme Asks

Curious Asks

Uncommon Questions for OCs

Emotions Chart - Credit to @/goofybeatrix

If It's Ok To....

Ask me my Top 5 ______

Weirdly Specific Artist Ask Game

A s k g a m e !

Evil Art Style Challenge

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:D

Buddies from Tumblr:

@rabberchimken

@boiling-potato

@toast-art

@button-soda

@tsutsujinothere

@viceversasramy

@molyuzomi

@lunarthefrieschild

@vanillaxoshi

@itsabirbitsaplane

@allhailhelium

@stuckinanairfrye-r

@thebruhb0i

@simyona

:D

Close Friend(s) [IRL]:

@itssimpforeternity

@the-unstable-frog

@crushforsaga

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Art/Gacha Club Recreation Requests are Open!

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Incorrect Quotes Masterpost:

Stand In[First of Many]

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Reminder List

→ Art Tips

→ Collaborative Writing Tool

→ Magma Board

→ OC in A Zombie Apocalypse

→ Kiss Challenge Template

→ Anti AI

→ More Anti AI Shit

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And makeshift Masterpost for the AUs I have made so far(in chronological order):

Virabot Malfunction AU - Animation vs Animator AU [HIATUS]

AxoTurtle Twin AU - RotTMNT AU [DISCONTINUED]

Gympie Filled Cauldrons AU - Cookie Run Kingdom AU [HIATUS]

Long Distance Friendship AU - Ejen Ali x Boboiboy Crossover AU [HIATUS]

[Unnamed At The Moment] - Epic Mickey AU [HIATUS]

Absence AU - Mechamato x Boboiboy AU AKA Power Sphere Universe AU [HIATUS]

Chasm Of The South AU - Postknight 2 AU centered around my player character [HIATUS]

Visit For a Month AU - a wholesome Gacha friends/peeps centered AU, will make an appropriate Masterlist when i have time [HIATUS]

Forgetful Purity AU - JSAB AU [HIATUS]

Blind Strike AU - Cuphead AU [HIATUS] -- Ask Blog: @blind-strike-au -- Link

VAGRANTTALE AU - Undertale/Sans AU [HIATUS]

Not Exactly A Hero AU(Temporary Masterpost) - Not Exactly A Hero Visual Novel [HIATUS]

Impairment AU - Riggy AU [HIATUS]

Celestial Reign AU - Gacha AU [HIATUS]

Determined & Just AU - Undertale × Undertale Yellow AU [ON GOING] -- Ask Blog: @determined-n-just-au -- Link

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Socials Links: Here

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Original Story Masterpost: [Pending]

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OC Masterlist: Here

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